Raisin-seeder.



No. 666,974. Patented Ian. 29, 190i.

F. H. PETEBMAN.

RAISIN SEEDER.

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No. 666,974. Patented Ian. 29, I90l.

F. H. PETEBMAN.

RAISIN SEEDEB.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

FRANK HENRY PETERMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND FRANK J. FREDERIOKS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,974, dated January 29, 1901. Application filed. February 17, 1900. serial No. 5 ,594. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK HENRY PETER MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Raisin-Seeder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to raisin-seeders in which the raisins are pressed upon impalingpins to force the seeds out of the pulp.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved raisin-seeder arranged to readily force the seeds out of the pulp without unduly tearing the latter and to readily remove the pulp from the impaling-pins and to clean the latter to insure at all times a proper impaling of theraisins upon the pins.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the same with parts removed and parts in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the feedhopper and adjacent parts with part broken Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the:

out. same. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of the same. Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation of a modified form of the improvement, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the seed-remover for removing the seeds from the impaling-pins.

The improved raisin-seeder illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 is mounted on a suitablyconstructed frame A, in which is journaled a cylinder-shaft B, connected bya gear-wheel B with a pinion B secured on a drivingshaft B likewise journaled in the main frame A and having a pulley B engaged by a belt connected with other machinery for imparting a rotary motion to the said shaft B the motion of the latter being transmitted by the pinion B and the gear-wheel B to the cylinder-shaft B to rotate the latter and with it the impaling-pin cylinder 0 in the direction of the arrow at. The impaling-pin cylinder 0 is secured on the shaft B and has its peripheral surface covered by impaling pin plates D, carrying impaling-pins D, arranged in longitudinal rows and spaced apart in such a manner as to exclude the seeds of raisins E or to penetrate the pulp and separate the pulp from the seeds, as hereinafter more fully described. The plates D are secured by screws or other means to the peripheral surface of the cylinder 0 to permit of conveniently removing any one of the plates and repairing the pins whenever necessary.

The raisins E to be seeded are contained in a hopper F, discharging the raisins upon an endless compartment apron or belt G, made of rubber or othersuitable material and having compartments or pockets at its outer face, each for receiving and containing a single raisin, said apron forming the bottom of the hopper F, the discharge end being directly over the top of the impaling-pin cylinder 0, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1.

In order to prevent more than one raisin from occupying a pocket or compartment at a time, a brush H is provided, journaled in the sides of the hopper F and extending transversely of the apron Gat the top run thereof, and under the discharge end and over the brush H is arranged a comb I, secured to the front of the hopper Fandextending rearwardly over the top and rear portion of the brush H to prevent raisins from passing over the brush and collecting on the same between the top of the brush and the front of the-hopper F. The comb I may be solid, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, or it may be in the shape of fingers, as illustrated in Fig 5.

On the front or discharge end of the hopper F is arranged a row of transversely-ex.-

tending small auxiliary hoppers F, in alinement with the pockets or compartments of the apron G, so that the raisins will not roll one on top of anotherin discharging from the hopper or apron. Previously to the raisins dropping from a pocket orcompartment upon the impaling-pins D the latter are engaged by a pulp-remover in the form of a fabric J, such as open-mesh woven fabric clothordinary cheese-cloth, for instanceunwinding from a roll J, journaled in suitable bearings carried by the frame A. The cloth J after unwinding from the roll J is passed under a series of disks J extending between the longitudinal rows of impaling-pins, so that the cloth J in passing under said disks is pressed by the latter upon the impaling-pins near the bottom thereof-that is, upon the top of the impaling-pin plates D'as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1. The disks J are loosely journaled on a shaft carried by the frame A, and said disks are located under the rear end of the apron G, so that the cloth J is pressed in engagement with the pins previous to the raisins passing upon the pins at or near the top of the impaling-pin cylinder 0. The cloth thus pressed upon the impaling-pins by the disks J remains on the latter until it nearly reaches the bottom of the cylinder, when the cloth.is passed from the pins under a roller J to then wind up on a roll J, havingits shaftJ mounted to turn in suitable bearings carried by the frame A. On the shaft J is held a frictionpulley K, connected by a belt K with suitable machinery, so as to rotate said frictionpulley and said shaft J and roll J to wind up the cloth without danger of slack occurring in the cloth after it leaves the impaling-pins and passes under the rollerJ to the roll J The raisins, evenly distributed by the pocket or compartment-apron G upon the impaling-pins, can be successively passed upon a number of elastic rollers L L L L L journaled in adjustable bearings held on the main frame A and driven by suitable gear-wheels from the main driving-shaft B so that all the rollers rotate in unison and also in unison with the impaling-pin cylinder 0. Now as the raisins are carried under the roller L they are pressed upon the impaling-pins D, and the next roller L, on account of being closer to the pins, presses the raisins still farther upon the pins. The succeeding rollers L L L still further press the raisins upon the impaling-pins, so that the seeds are forced out by the pins through the skin of the pulp, and as the seeds can readily embed themselves on the rollers L L it is evident that the skin of the pulp is opened sufficiently for the passage of the seeds, thus avoiding serious injury to or tearing of the pulp. The seeds adhering to the outer ends of the pins and the pulp are held to the pins above the cloth J after passing the roller L and then the seeds are removed from the impaling-pins by a revolving stripper N, having plates N arranged spirally in a transverse direction and preferably made of rubber, so as to brush the seeds off the impaling-pins. Next to the revoluble stripper N is arranged a second stripper O, in the form of a comb, the teeth of which extend tangentially to the peripheral surface of the impeding-cylinder, the points of the comb being in close proximity to the points of the impaling-pins, so that the seeds are forced out of the impaling-pins without-the teeth of the comb injuring the pulp still held on the impaling-pins D, between the outer ends thereof and the cloth J. The pulp carried along by the impaling-pins is finally pushed out of the latter by the cloth J as the latter leaves the impaling-pins and passes under the roller J (see Fig. 1,) it being understood that as the cloth passes off the pins it strips-the pulp off the pins and causes the pulp to drop and be deflected by a deflector P into a box Q, located below the bottom of the cylinder C between the deflector P and the roller J A box Q below the strippers N and serves to receive the raisin-seeds.

From the foregoing it is evident that the clot-h or fabric J forms a fruit or pulp removing or stripping device, and as the cloth slides on the pins when leaving the same at the bottom of the cylinder it is evident that the cloth cleans the pins by removing any juice or other matter that may have passed on the pins when pressing the raisins, as above explained. Then the cloth J has been completely unwound from the roll J and wound up on the roll J then a new roll of cloth is substituted and the old piece is washed, so as to be again ready for further use on the machine. If desired, however, an endless piece of cloth J may be nsed-as shown, for instance, in Fig. 6and passed through awashing liquid in a tank B after the pulp is removed from the pins and previous to the cloth passing back upon the cylinder. For this purpose the cloth after leaving the roller J passes up over a roller S and then down and under rollers S, journaled in the tank R below the surface of the liquid therein, and then the cloth extends upward between two pressing-rollers S for pressing out surplus liquid contained in the cloth and taken up during its passage through the liquid in the tank R. The cloth is cleaned during its passage through the liquid in the tank R, and the clean cloth after leaving the pressingrollers S is passed under a slack-taking-up roller T, and then extends upward and passes over the roll J, and then downward and under the disks J to be again pressed upon the impaling-pins. The slack-taking-up roller '1 is journaled in bearings fitted to slide vertically in a guideway T, and the bearings are pressed by a spring T so as to hold the roller T in position to take up all slack in the cloth.

The pocket or compartment apron G passes over two rollers G G of which the roller G is preferably driven by suitable gearing U from the upper pressing-roller L, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. A clutch U is used in connection with this gearing to throw the roller Gr out of gear, so as to stop the feeding of the raisins whenever desired. The brush H is preferably driven from the roller G by suit able gear wheels and chains V, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A raisin-seeder having a revoluble impaling-pin cylinder carrying impaling-pins in circumferential rows, a woven fabric for engaging said impaling-pins, and disks extending between the rows of impaling-pins to press the fabric upon said impaling-pins, substantially as shown and. described.

2. A raisin-seeder having a revoluble impaling-pin cylinder, an endless woven fabric, and guides for guiding the fabric to and from a portion of said cylinder, to engage the impaling-pins thereon and to travel therewith during a part of the revolution of the cylinder, substantially as shown and described.

3. A raisin-seeder having a revoluble impaling-pin cylinder, an endless woven fabric, guides for guiding thefabric to and from a portion of said cylinder, to engage the impaling-pins thereon and to travel therewith during part of the revolution of the cylinder, and a deflector between the impaling-pins and the guides, for disengaging the fabric from the impaling-pins, said deflector serving to deflect the removed pulp to a receiving-box, as set forth.

4. In a raisin-seeder, a moving body having impaling-pins thereon, a woven fabric, means for disposing the fabric with respect to the said moving body so that the impaling-pins first pass into and through the fabric and then out of engagement therewith, and means pressing the raisins to the pins toimpale them thereon during the time that'the fabric is engaged therewith, for the purpose specified.

5. A raisin-seeder, having a body carrying impaling-pins, a woven fabric, the said body and fabric being relatively movable to cause the pins to pass into and through the fabric and then out of engagement therewith, and means for iinpaling the raisins on the pins during the time that the pins are projected through the fabric, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK HENRY PETERMAN.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

